White Bluff
Composed of limestone or “Selma
chalk” which abounds in fossils.
Called “Ecor Blanc” by
eighteenth-century French explorers
and cartographers.
Named “Chickasaw Gallery” because
early Indian inhabitants harassed
boats from here.
Landing site of Bonapartist exiles
who established the
“Vine and Olive Colony” in 1817.
Marker is on West Monroe Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
